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No, it isn't. It would make the likes of Xamarin and RubyMotion impossible. You're confused with the fact that App Store policies do not allow downloading and r

by Rafert 13y ago

No, it isn't. It would make the likes of Xamarin and RubyMotion impossible. You're confused with the fact that App Store policies do not allow downloading and running new executable code.

camus2 13y ago
I thought Xamarin and RM compiled to objc.
- r618 13y ago
  what if they did ? would that somehow prohibit them to download and execute new code ? monovm runs AOT precompiled assemblies
- Revex 13y ago
  Yeah, I am pretty sure that Xamarin compiles down to Obj-C on the iPhone, but on Android it includes a VM in java that runs .net (mono).
  - r618 13y ago
    no, it doesn't
  - acemarke 13y ago
    Close. According to http://xamarin.com/how-it-works http://xamarin.com/how-it-works , they do Ahead-Of-Time compilation to go straight to ARM binaries for iOS.